Hi, to be an amateur (in German: Liebhaber/ Lover?), is what I say. I´m not an hobbyist nor an Artist but sociologist, but some years I only was and will next time again be an photographer in an "artists intension". I only speak about images, is it a good one or not. You can throw an egg to a wall and may be it becomes art. I take the camera. Never I sold pictures (the technique to make it etc. is secundary).
To photograph is for me a point out with art in doing it not only reading about. My stills show this. Example: If one see an image with fruits, flowers, hunted animals all people say, it´s a still. But to use a stool, or some other unused materials, people asked what shall that be?
And I look to the early 20th century, when the new seeing, new photographing, new literatur, new painting comes out.
Gruß
lars